Went around 3pm with a friend. Sat at a sushi bar. There were 2 other people sitting couple seats down. Where are sushi chefs? Maybe they went to have lunch...
We ordered hot tea to start. Where is the happy hour menu? Do you have to ask for it to get it? Anyway, we just had regular menu.
We ordered Tuna, Halibut, Salmon, Octopus sushi, Albacore sashimi, and Dragon Roll ($14.00) Shrimp tempura appetizer.
Few minutes later, sushi chef (Paul) came out. It was weird he didn't say anything. No greeting, no how are you doing, no "irasshai" (typical greeting in Japanese). He sliced albacore sashimi and served it to us. It had garlic ponzu sauce on it. It was tasty, but the garlic was over powering the actual fish flavor. Shrimp tempura came next. It was heavy and soggy. Tempura is supposed to be fluffy and crispy. Tuna sushi was next. I had one piece and gave my friend the rest (5 pieces). Fish itself tasted fine, but the way chef sliced it made it fishy. He sliced it along the grain, not against it. Same with Halibut. It was so thick I had to chew it for long time. Halibut is supposed to be very thin and melt in your mouth. It's also supposed to be served with citrus ponzu, but didn't. So I asked for it. They gave me garlic ponzu, the same sauce they had on albacore. Not the same. True ponzu sauce does not contain garlic.
Dragon roll was last. I was wondering what made this roll $14.00. There were so much eel on it, I had to separate eel from actual roll and eat it separately.
Another sushi place that think bigger is better. No knowledge of art of sushi.
The whole time we were there, sushi chef said 1 word. "How is everything?" after we ate everything. Sushi chefs kept disappearing after he made our order. I sat at sushi bar to interact. But they kept going to waitress station and talking to themselves. Loud enough for me to know they all spoke Korean to each other. The 2 ladies sitting next to us didn't help the matter either as they were laughing so hard it sounded almost screaming. We were still hungry, but we did not feel welcome there, so we just left.
I tried it because they had such great reviews. My experience was not as good as other reviewers here.